Match Report
The table read 7th (Ashton United, 67 pts) against 3rd (Marine, 76 pts), 9 points apart. On recent form Ashton United sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Per game in the league, Ashton United were scoring 1.83 and conceding 1.58, Marine 2.17 and 1.1, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
Marine entered with three wins in a row.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ashton United 2, draws 1, Marine 1, at 2.75 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup.
The venue was Hurst Cross in Ashton-under-Lyne, with room for 4,500 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.




